youtu.be/aY2rLolZ0hc?... Such a simple bit of physical comedy, masterfully played every time. The shift in pronunciation of "dawgs" also a wonderful little class observation. An unmatched comic character

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller October 03,1962

Just in case Elon's seal of un-approval isn't enough, believe me that Dead End is perfect Halloween viewing for kids and young people - especially (but not only) if they identify anywhere on the queer or neurodiverse spectrum

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller October 1,1945

Alien Earth is such a treat for Resurrection and Covenant fans

I also think I would struggle to get the level of funding required for Edmund Burke to be able to come and do a talk, although if they make allowances for remote talks I think Parker Brothers might have the answer

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the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

Feel a bit called out by Netflix putting a cheery "we think you'll love this 👍👍" on Birth/Rebirth along with the description "a pathologist... brings a child back from the dead with increasingly horrific consequences"

The dragon from the 1958 Mugnaini-illustrated edition of 'Beowulf'. #BookologyThursday #dragon #monster #folklore #legend

Del Toro vs Godzilla to help with the art block

Was just browsing the files of my copy of X-Wing vs TIE Fighter (steam download) and there is a file named Glup Shitto0.plt which I promise I did not create

If you are not listening to this you are missing out on the adventures of a vegetarian edwardian railway detective read by a pre-sherlock Cumberbatch

Any of you who remember my various posts about Benedict Cumberbatch reading thrilling Stories of the Railways, I have good news! You too can listen to Benedict Cumberbatch reading thrilling stories of the railways - no purchase necessary! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller August 14,1946

Wordsworth: welcome to the meeting of Romantic Poets. We need to set our agenda, and I am recommending clouds, flowers, or possibly clouds shaped like flowers Percy Shelley: or the severed head of a tyrant William Blake: or thicc Satan Wordsworth: or what??? Blake: I have produced a sketch-

Anyone else out there who teaches/researches games but is not, in fact, good at games? It's weird because I think I'm actually pretty "good" at films and prose, but my basic gaming competence is limited

Our horror project still has a way to go, but your generosity pushed us to £1,155! I realise this is a tense time in the world, so donations are held with love and appreciation. Every little bit counts, £1 or £5. And if you can’t contribute, please share 🩰🩸 we thank you!!! gofund.me/8a713e1ff

Bought a cheap second hand wheel + pedals combo to have some variety in peripherals for my games teaching and it has very much confirmed that I should never be allowed behind the wheel of a vehicle

more than a decade ago, one Fraction-Aja Hawkeye panel captured the vibe of this entire era we're living in now

So many of the half-baked AI implementations are happening in professional arenas that have been hollowed out by extraction and divestment. No journalist needs a writing aid unless they’re being paid too little to write too much, no teacher needs a commenting tool unless they’re overextended.

i respect how every tribute to robert redford is at least a little bit horny

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller August 9,1946

Thought I’d discovered a time-stopping watch. Turns out, just dead batteries. ⏱️ #CalvinandHobbes #GeniusIdeas

I really like that the final frame of a Nancy comic is often "person looking shocked". I think this is a good way to end many gags and also makes the fish McCloud uses in Five Card Nancy even funnier scottmccloud.com/4-inventions...

This image is like a Faustian version of trying to work while surrounded by cats that MUST sit on your keyboard

The Greens have the same number of MPs as Reform. Four. Sinn Féin have seven As far as I'm aware neither the greens nor Sinn Féin have policies explicitly promising to cut university funding or restrict UG numbers because "too many courses are not good enough"

One must imagine the rock happy

One must imagine Sisyphus pushing a big rock up a hill

Today I learned that at least one of the Lone Wolf and Cub films was titled "Japango" in Germany and I need to somehow work this knowledge into my transnational action cinema module

one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a very hungry caterpillar

This response absolutely accepts the premise that asylum seekers are definitionally, what, pedophiles and sex offenders? It is *wild* that he didn’t push back against this.

Even with the current political context, the statement "I think [flags are] patriotic and a great symbol of our nation" is breathtakingly banal. I mean yeah buddy, that's like two of the basic functions of national flags. It's like saying I think boats are a great way of crossing an expanse of water

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

A crisp fall morning wasted on school, Calvin’s solution? Sleep through it. Honestly, relatable. #CalvinandHobbes #FallMood

Working my way through another relisten of Sebastian Baczkiewicz's Pilgrim radio series. I think it's some of the absolute best fairy fiction, perhaps surpassing even Strange & Norrell as my favorite depiction of fairies and fairyland. Strongly recommend to folk horror fans

A sizable collection of pre-1900 books on alchemy, astrology, magic, and other occult subjects, has been digitised by project cheekily called “Hermetically Open.” the first 2,178 books from Ritman project have come available in their online reading room. www.openculture.com/2025/08/2178...

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

“Do Not Eat Beans" Or if they’re not good enough for Pythagoras they’re not good enough for you. French 1512/1514 Speculum principis [Mirror for Princes] (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

Pretty sure I was shown Tap Piece as part of my MA, on a CRT TV - it was great but I bet it was even more fun catching it inserted with no explanation as part of normal TV flow

Share some of the best eye[s] in movies

Things I have Learnt about myself today: 1. Terrible at shufflebord 2. Competent with a light gun Although to be fair I did suspect 2 already

God bless and keep the Women's Institute.

This is the most medieval thing a modern politician has ever done

Perhaps Daniel and Wickham can provide more context but I really see this as part of the legacy of Slasher Studies Summer Camp. I wasn't able to participate, but such great work came out of that conference - including Dika's own reflective keynote slasherstudies.weebly.com/conference-p...

It's a blood red-letter day! Vera Dika's early, studious, practically geometric breakdown of the slasher film, from the stalkers to the survivors, is updated and lookin' good. One to buy. @uniwalespress.bsky.social @danieljsheppard.bsky.social ‬ @wick85c.bsky.social www.uwp.co.uk/book/games-o...

in britain the anchorites of asda dwell by the sacred stones, solemnly intoning the words “that’s asda price”, and performing the necessary ritual (the double bum slap) three times a day to bring about the great rolling back when we will all be redeemed